I Was Not Afraid

• Artist: Umbra Lux Lucis
• Description: Written with obvious influence from Greek Mythology for some odd reason, while listening to Bjork. Edited slightly, but the punctuation may be a tad off in places.
• Date: 08/06/2008
• Tags: poetry greek mythology hades hell

When I stood at the crumbling edge of the world,
toeing the fine line between the paradise of heaven and cursed hell,
where hearts break like the endless tides upon a jagged shore,
I was not afraid.

When we fell through the merciless sky, Icarus and I,
our wax wings melting hopelessly away like the madman's sanity;
slowly but surely, wasting away the time until the fatal lightning hits,
I was not afraid.

When the depths of Tartarus rose up to reach for my throat;
evils from the abyss of malicious corporeal shadows clawing blindly,
accompanied by Cronus' severed remains laughing mockingly in the distance,
I was not afraid.

When I heard the Harpies' bloodcurdling screech of a song
and the scraping of their filthy talons upon tender human flesh;
screams of anguish and agony rising in a grotesque crescendo,
I was not afraid.

When I pondered whether one day you may see what I do
in the mirror of myself; to glimpse the endless perjuries
that I hold within my frail heart, my sky was falling upon me,
and I ran away in tears.

Comments

[Snapp3h]

It really reminds me of the Percy Jackson series, but in a poetic form. Beautiful!

[Umbra Lux Lucis]

Thank you (:
Your comment was appreciated!

[The Reapers Requiem]

i like the poem it has a sense of meaning that is enhanced by the style you wrote it in